Citizens Group Supports Keeping Courthouse Downtown - Brevard NC

Efforts to keep the courthouse downtown continue with community members such as John Gardner and David Watkins representing a citizens group working with local architects and elected officials to figure out a solution.

Watkins, owner of Keir Manufacturing, and Gardner, CEO of the John N. Gardner Institute, are working with local architects Doug Harris, Parker Platt and Mike Domokur to create a feasible alternative to the commissioners’ initial plan to move the courthouse to Morris Road.

Watkins and Gardner said they plan to take their research to county commissioners in early 2019....